Only 100 people were listening, but the first broadcast from a licensed radio station occurred at 8 p.m. on November 2, 1920. It was Pittsburgh’s KDKA, and the station was broadcasting the ...

Listening to radio was a new experience in the early 1920s, and boys were ardent enthusiasts of the emerging technology. Bettmann/Corbis 1920: The Joseph Horne department store in Pittsburgh ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, which served as the radio licensing agency of the day, issued the first radio license ever to KDKA, on Oct. 27, 1920.

Pennsylvania has a few "firsts" in America including the first roller coaster, first hospital, first zoo, and first turnpike, but it's also home to the first commercial radio station, KDKA.

Found home movies from 1920s show how the new technology of home radios was a big deal in Kansas City. ... KDKA in Pittsburgh acquired the first government radio license in 1920.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030 History - 1920's. March 31, 1926: WBZ is given permission to experiment with 5000 watts, a power few stations had back in those days. October 9, 1926: WBZ does its first ...

Lester Wolf grew up in the village and developed a love for radio while attending Thornton High School in Harvey in the 1920s, according to Homewood Historical Society President Elaine Egdorf.

First broadcast from Birmingham in 1922, Children's Hour celebrates its centenary this year. Zara Healy's blog discusses the beginning of children's radio in the 1920s and highlights four ...